Hardware : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hardware	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Hardware
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hardware n major items of military weaponry (as tanks or missile) instrumentalities (tools or implements) made of metal Synonym(s): hardware, ironware (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system Synonym(s): hardware, computer hardware Antonym(s): computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hardware \Hard"ware`\, n. Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
hardware The physical, touchable, material parts of a computer or other system. The term is used to distinguish these fixed parts of a system from the more changable {software} or {data} components which it executes, stores, or carries. Computer hardware typically consists chiefly of electronic devices ({CPU}, {memory}, {display}) with some electromechanical parts (keyboard, {printer}, {disk drives}, {tape drives}, loudspeakers) for input, output, and storage, though completely non-electronic (mechanical, electromechanical, hydraulic, biological) computers have also been conceived of and built. See also {firmware}, {wetware}. (1997-01-23)